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PCI Bans WEP SecurityStarting 2010

2008-10-06 09:38:19 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...stronger encryption protocols than WEP If youre wondering about what other impacts will have, you might want to read through the PCI site or sign up for the SecureWorks webcast on October 14th to learn more
 
Tags: wep, insecure wireless technologies, wireless data encryption, access, retail access, consumer data theft, secureworks webcast, quarter, security whatsoever
 
 
 
 
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GPS Spoofing

2008-09-17 07:03:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...stronger signal, or if we had purchased stronger signal amplifiers, we certainly could have spoofed over a greater distance During later experiments, Jon and the VAT were able to easily achieve much greater GPS spoofing ranges. They spoofed GPS signals at ranges over three quarters of a mile. "The farthest distance we achieved was 4586 feet,...
 
Tags: gps, fake gps signal, signal, gps satellite simulator, truck, victim truck, victim cargo truck, stronger signal amplifiers, cargo truck
 
 
 
 
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People find some reason to believe.

2007-02-08 00:00:00 by Uriel Maimon in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...stronger authentication than basic and static user names-and-passwords for online banking
 
Tags: rsa consumer, rsa, consumer confidence survey, stronger authentication, static user, basic, shame, online, highlights
 
 
 
 
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Supporting Complex Passwords

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2007-12-04 08:56:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
It's ironic that only yesterday I posted about the dangers of using passwords for encryption. Well this morning another "feature" of passwords hit me square in the forehead. I tried to activate Windows Live OneCare (I've decided to give their family safety feature a try to limit where my little ones can surf on the net). Here's what I got when I...
 
Tags: passwords, complex passwords, complex, passwords hit, password temporarily, temporarily, password, strong passwords, password minder
 
 
 
 
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Cracking passwords on a PlayStation

2007-12-03 16:37:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...stronger form of encryption (SSL is a very common example
 
Tags: password, character password, key, password database, keyspace, 256-bit aes key, 40-bit keyspace, passwords, encryption
 
 
 
 
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Password policies. Once again.

2007-09-04 22:14:00 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...stronger than any short complex password. A passphrase like this will withstand any kind of automated password attack, including those based on rainbow tables. And you can even use a method that helps you remember unique phrases for each site, if you wish web mail: "my dog and i got the mail shopping: "my dog and i bought some stuff office:...
 
Tags: account, enable account lockout, password, account lockouts, disable account lockout, 42-day default expiration, default, expiration, password expires
 
 
 
 
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Consumer Reports on Aviation Security and the TSA

2008-01-10 13:58:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...stronger door is only half of the solution. "People have this illusion that hardened cockpit doors work, and they don't," Dzakovic says. "If you want to have a secure door, you need to have a double hulled door Consumer Reports searched NAS, the Aviation Safety Reporting System, and found 51 incidents since April 2002 in which flight crews...
 
Tags: security, aviation security, security consultancy, doors, double doors, door, consumer reports, secure door, cockpit doors
 
 
 
 
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Highlighting the importance of data privacy... one person at a time

2008-01-11 09:29:07 by Jen Albornoz Mulligan in Security & Risk Management
 
...stronger. This will filter up to the ears of our legislatures who will strengthen data protection laws to assist identity theft victims. Especially once it strikes their parent, sibling, or children
 
Tags: data, data protection laws, data breach, easy data, lost, protection, account, lost valuable time, bank account
 
 
 
 
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Al-Qaeda group's encryption software stronger, security firm confirms

2008-02-01 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Al-Qaeda support group Al-Ekhlaas has improved the encryption software it now provides to its online members, according to one security researcher who examined the software, known as "Mujahideen Secrets 2 Protecting the Enterprise Network Through Web Security Advertisement New focus is being placed on securing Web-based threats
 
Tags: encryption software, software, enterprise network, web security, security researcher, al-qaeda support, advertisement, secrets, focus
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...stronger than any short complex password. A passphrase like this will withstand any kind of automated password attack, including those based on rainbow tables. And you can even use a method that helps you remember unique phrases for each site, if you wish Web mail: "my dog and i got the mail Shopping: "my dog and i bought some stuff Office:...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site